HTPC case, parts for sale

[Clint DeBoer]

This was SUPPOSED to be a HTPC for sale ad... It was SUPPOSED to be a formatted, tweaked out HTPC that someone could add to, subtract from, or otherwise modify to their heart's content...

But then I fired it up for the first time in about a year and started smelling ozone.

So now, my friends, I am selling an HTPC case that comes with the following (which may or may not work correctly):

• Digitalis Vision II HTPC case (beautiful and elegant)
• Blue Matrix Orbital VFD (vacuum florescent display)
• MSI PT-880 Neo motherboard w/ digital audio output, SATA, USB 2.0
• Pentium 4 processor w/CoolJag CPU cooler
• ATI Radeon 9700Pro graphics card
• 200GB hard drive plus a separate system drive
• 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM (with 2 slots available)
• Coolmax AP-400X 350W power supply
• CD-R/RW
• DVD Drive
• ADS Tech ATSC HDTV tuner card
• Promise Ultra133 TX2 dual channel PCI card
• Round IDE cables, Chassis fan

I imagine that either the motherboard or the power supply is bad... probably not both... I simply do not know, nor will I invest further time to diagnose the problem.

Do I hear $350 for this case full of parts? The case alone cost $329 new plus $89 for for the Vacuum Florescent Display.

I am selling this AS-IS... No refunds, but it will arrive safely as I have the original box for the Digitalis HTPC case.

Shipping is a flat $25. I'll insure it for the price of the sale.

Read the Editorial on this experience here.

[Jim Robbins]

You want me to fix this for you? I can, ya know. If you send it my way, I have parts I can swap in and out to determine if something is bad. It'll kind of be my third or fourth project at the moment, but It'll get done. What do you say? Ready for a working HTPC? Ok, I'll get the machine running, but the software is another story. *grin* Let me know...

[majorloser]

Can't you get your EE buddy to help ya' out? (HINT, HINT Gene)
What good is all the schoolin' if he can't fix computers and microwave ovens.

[Jim Robbins]

Better yet, just let me turn it into an Arcade Behemoth! It'll be happier, that way. You won't have to mess with any tv or HD anything. It'll just live out it's days playing Ms. Pac Man and Donkey Kong, or a good game of Robotron... Yeah!

Check out my cab: http://www.jdrobbins.com/mamecab.html

You can salvage that hardware for something!

[Hi Ho]

Good parts selection for the most part but.... a Coolmax PSU??? No wonder it failed. A good quality PSU is a must and Coolmax is not. A cheap PSU, even when working, can cause lock-ups and many seemingly software related issues. I would seriously consider buying it as I have always wanted to experiment with an HTPC but I have other expenses I must tend to.

[Haoleb]

Wish I had the $$ for this, I have been wanting to venture into the HTPC world. Doesnt it have a hard drive?

[Clint DeBoer]

Oh snap, yeah it has two hard drives. One of them is a 200GB ATA.

I want to SELL it. Papa needs a new DSLR camera.

[birdonthebeach]

Oh, what's that? You want it to work? Properly? All the time?

Fuggeddaboutit

Imagine a car that you built yourself. Now imagine a car that has parts made all over the world, by different manufacturers - some big, some small. None of who work together on a regular basis or have any true way of testing their products with the mass accumulation of the sum total of parts available. Microsoft makes the engine.


Congrats. You have just described why I'm an Apple guy, not a PC guy....

[Jim Robbins]

Congrats. You have just described why I'm an Apple guy, not a PC guy....

Did you upgrade to Leopard yet, apple guy? They even added the Blue Screen of Death, I hear. *laugh* All computers have problems... *sigh* Just the way it is. I wonder how we got to the moon? It wasn't with a modern OS on the shuttle, that's for sure!

Somebody buy his computer already! Probably just needs a new Power Supply, as was previously mentioned....

[jinjuku]

I'll buy the thing. PM me.